Friday, November 29, 2013

A Year After The U.S. Consulate Attack In Benghazi The Killings Continue



A Year After Benghazi Attack, Killings Continue -- Washington Post

BENGHAZI, Libya — It is exceedingly easy to get away with murder here.

Just ask any Libyan: Who killed more than 50 police officers, soldiers and judges here and in the eastern city of Darna this year?

Who lit the fire that claimed the lives of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and another American at the U.S. diplomatic mission here just over a year ago? Who launched the mortar rounds that killed two CIA contractors that same night?

Or, for that matter, who bears responsibility for the 2011 torture and killing of Abdul Fattah Younis, the Gaddafi-era military commander who defected to lead the rebels?

“Do you live on Mars?” asked Hashem Bishr, the hard-line Salafist leader of a powerful Tripoli militia.

To understand Libya’s unsolved murder mysteries, understand this, Bishr said: “It’s just not a good time.”

What he meant is that there are people who know the answers — they’re just not willing to share.

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More News On The Continuing Violence In Libya

Lawless Libya: The growing list of unsolved murders -- the Independent
Four Libyan soldiers killed in new violence in Benghazi -- Reuters
Fresh clashes in Benghazi as Libyan army struggles to keep militants out -- RT
Libyan soldiers killed in Benghazi firefights -- AFP
Violence kills 4 Libyan soldiers in Benghazi -- CNN
Deadly explosion at ammunition depot in Libya -- Al Jazeera
Libya still plagued by violence -- Al Jazeera
Ansar Sharia drags Libya army into ‘war of attrition’ -- Middle East Online
Major crude oil importers won’t deal with Libya’s militia -- RT

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